Finncomm Airlines Launches Helsinki – Skellefteå

Posted 08/08/2011

Earlier this month Finnish regional carrier Finncomm Airlines inaugurated a three times weekly service between Helsinki and the city of Skellefteå in Swedish Lapland.  The airline inaugurated flights on August 1 and is operating the route via the western Finnish town of Kokkola using an ATR 42-500.  The Helsinki – Skellefteå service is being flown with a codeshare with oneworld alliance member Finnair.

The new flight is the first direct connection to Sweden from Kokkola in almost ten years and Finncomm is already planning to increase frequencies to four flights per week from the start of September.  The regional carrier is currently the sole operator at Kokkola’s Pietarsaari Airport, known up until March last year as Kruunupyy Airport.  It offers up to five flights every weekday to Helsinki, a roué that was also served until October 2010 by Finnair, but which now codeshares on the Finncomm flight.

Schedule:

FC281/AY8281 HEL0940 – 1045KOK1105 – 1040SFT AT5 135
FC284/AY8284 SFT1225 – 1400KOK1420 – 1530HEL AT5 135

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